Energy Policy

Politics and economics – Oct 16

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Oil thirst from China adds fuel to US-Canada trade tussle /
Investment in renewable energy heats up /
U.S. consumer prices soar on gasoline /
Who is politically unstable? /
Omar Freilla and green worker cooperatives /
Bush asked to explain why he won’t release heatoil /
U.S. counts more oil, gas rigs destroyed by storms

Peak oil headlines – Oct 16

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Robert Hirsch: Inevitable peaking of world oil /
When will PO arrive? /
WSJ: $70/barrel? Relax, it’ll come down /
Kos: Proposal for a serious energy policy /
Japan: What me worry? /
Report on London PO conference /
Malta in shock over fuel prices /
Chavez: world faces major energy crisis /
Americans expect ‘miracle’ oil reserves /
Marxists on PO /
There is no Plan “B”

Politics and Economics Headlines – 12 October, 2005

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Chavez’s strong oil card is a bluff / Smugglers cash in on oil subsidies / Sugar prices soar on biofuel prospects, fund flows / Higher gas prices hit rural Americans hard / Pain at the pump, Profits in the boardroom / Is the U.S. on the verge of a natural gas crisis? / Fearing Heat Costs, Many Take Preventive Action / Living too large in exurbia / Bike seller leaps on oil price opportunity / Governors abandon SUVs /
Energy crisis unfolds in Pakistan / Cuts in Energy Spending May Prove Elusive / Alaska Threatens To Yank Leases from idle oil companies

Solutions & sustainability – Oct 11

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Sustainability is about time /
New PV cells made of everyday plastic /
Ford makes the hybrid leap /
“Green chemistry” reduces pollution /
Thanksgiving on the 100-mile diet /
Paris SUVs are deflated /
Patagonia’s founder spreads environmental gospel /
The growing problem of shrinking population /
New sheriff at Port of L.A. aims to clean up /
Carter’s brave vision on energy

Environment headlines – Oct 10

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Water and wind, the warming globe /
Carl Pope on global warming /
Climate probe crashes /
Green evangelical leader Richard Cizik /
Bill McKibben on GW /
Bill Moyers: caring for creation /
Climate linked to shipboard illness /
Wetter atmosphere a sign of GW /
Bayou sinks, Louisiana floods /
Tremendous impact from gulf oil spills

Dow Chemical CEO: US should declare national emergency on NG supplies

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Testifying before the Senate Energy Commitee, Dow Chemicals CEO Andrew Liveris said, “The short-term outlook for natural gas consumers is grim. If prices remain at or near current levels, manufacturers will be driven out of the market and many may not return.”…
The government should also “declare a national emergency” to shock consumers into awareness of tight supplies, he said.

Dr Doom?

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Adam Fenderson meets the man who predicts the end of life as we know it, and comes away feeling strangely optimistic. Also: a conference devoted to Peak Oil, where the mood was positive, and offered a sense of opportunity.

Ah, the great fuel shock of 2011

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Col. Chin of the U.N. Relief Mission asked me to write about America and the great oil shock. He finds this period of history fascinating. He’s only 27 and on loan from the Chinese army, so it’s not as if he lived through it. As an old man, I have another advantage: I’m one of the few Americans who still can write.